Draba murrayi |
Draba pectinipila |
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kathul mountain Draba |
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Habit | Perennials; (cespitose); caudex often branched (covered with persistent leaves or leaf remains, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); not scapose. | Perennials; (cespitose, sometimes forming mats); caudex branched (with persistent leaf bases, branches creeping, terminating in scapes or sterile rosettes); scapose. |
Stems | unbranched, (0.4–)0.9–2.7(–3.5) dm, pubescent proximally, glabrous distally, trichomes simple, 0.2–1 mm, and often smaller, fewer short-stalked, 2–4-rayed ones. |
unbranched, (0.3–)0.4–1.6(–1.9) dm, pubescent, trichomes sessile, pectinate, 0.1–0.4 mm, (parallel to long axis of stem, sometimes with irregularly 2–4-rayed ones, 0.2–0.6 mm). |
Basal leaves | rosulate; petiolate; petiole (0–0.7 cm), margin ciliate; blade oblanceolate to obovate, (0.3–)0.6–2.1(–2.8) cm × (1.5–)2.5–5(–9) mm, margins entire or sparsely denticulate, (ciliate, trichomes simple, 0.2–1.1 mm), surfaces pubescent with stalked, cruciform, and 2- or 3-rayed trichomes, (rays sometimes spurred), 0.1–0.6 mm, sometimes mostly simple trichomes adaxially. |
rosulate; subsessile; blade narrowly oblanceolate to linear, (0.4–)0.6–1.3(–2) cm × 0.9–2.2 mm, margins entire (not ciliate), surfaces pubescent with subsessile or sessile, pectinate trichomes, 0.2–0.5 mm. |
Cauline leaves | 1–6; sessile; blade ovate or oblong to lanceolate, margins usually entire, rarely sparsely denticulate, surfaces pubescent as basal. |
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Racemes | 7–25-flowered, ebracteate, elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, glabrous. |
5–22-flowered, ebracteate, considerably elongated in fruit; rachis not flexuous, pubescent as stem. |
Flowers | sepals ovate, 1.5–2.2 mm, pubescent, (trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2-rayed); petals white, obovate, 4–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm; anthers ovate, 0.4–0.5 mm. |
sepals broadly ovate, 2–3.2 mm, pubescent, (trichomes pectinate); petals yellow, obovate to spatulate, 4–6.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm; anthers ovate 0.4–0.5 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate-ascending, usually straight, rarely curved, (4–)7–18 mm, glabrous. |
divaricate-ascending, straight, (5–)7–14 mm, sparsely pubescent, trichomes pectinate. |
Fruits | linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, plane, flattened, 5–13 × 1.5–2 mm; valves glabrous; ovules 20–30 per ovary; style 0.6–1.5 mm. |
ovoid, plane, slightly inflated basally, 4–6(–7) × 2–3 mm; valves pubescent, trichomes usually sessile, pectinate, 0.2–0.5 mm, rarely with simple ones; ovules 4–8 per ovary; style 0.5–1.5 mm. |
Seeds | oblong, 0.9–1.2 × ca. 0.5 mm. |
oblong, 1.1–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm. |
2n | = 48. |
= 22. |
Draba murrayi |
Draba pectinipila |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops and talus, open forests, dry slopes, alluvial gravels | Rocky slopes in sagebrush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodlands |
Elevation | 150-900 m (500-3000 ft) | 1700-2400 m (5600-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; YT |
CO; MT; UT; WY |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Draba pectinipila was treated as a synonym of D. oligosperma by G. A. Mulligan (1972), R. C. Rollins (1993), and N. H. Holmgren (2005b). The latter recognized D. juniperina as a distinct species but overlooked the fact that it is indistinguishable from the type collections of the earlier-published D. pectinipila. The species (including D. juniperina) differs significantly from D. oligosperma in both chromosome number and morphology. Draba pectinipila is easily distinguished by having fruit valves pubescent with pectinate trichomes, fruiting pedicels (5–)7–14 mm, petals 4–6.5 mm, ovules 4–8 per ovary, and styles 0.5–1.5 mm. By contrast, D. oligosperma has fruit valves glabrous or pubescent with simple or 2-rayed trichomes, fruiting pedicels (2–)3–10(–13) mm, petals 2.5–4 mm, ovules 6–12 per ovary, and styles 0.1–0.8(–1.1) mm. Draba pectinipila was previously known only from the type locality in northwestern Wyoming (Park County). Its range is now expanded to include that of D. juniperina in northwestern Colorado (Moffat County), northeastern Utah (Daggett and Uintah counties), and southwestern Wyoming (Sweetwater County). The record from Uintah County is based on Goodrich 22275 (NY). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 321. | FNA vol. 7, p. 328. |
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Synonyms | D. juniperina, D. oligosperma var. juniperina, D. oligosperma var. pectinipila | |
Name authority | G. A. Mulligan: Canad. J. Bot. 57: 1874. (1979) | Rollins: Rhodora 55: 231. (1953) |
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